Carbon naturally occurs in many different forms, including diamond, coal, graphite, and graphene. Graphene is able to conduct heat better than any other known material, and it can conduct electricity as well as copper. Eventually, it could be used to create more efficient and smaller computers, replacing silicon. Graphene is also the strongest and hardest known material in the world. The simplicity of the method for deriving graphene, and the abundance of materials make it possible for anyone to research in this field.